The beginning of the Luke Fickell era in Madison is now 86 days away as the Badgers take on Buffalo on Sept. 2. Wisconsin’s all-time best career field-goal percentage was 86.8 percent.
Taking over at starting kicker during the 1997 season, Matt Davenport went on to go 14-of-17 on field goals in his first year in that role. His second campaign was a massively successful one, Davenport went 19-of-21 of field goals while the Badgers went on to win the 1999 Rose Bowl over UCLA 38-31.
The 19 made field goals is the fifth most in program history (third most at the time) and after finishing his career 33-for-38 (86.8 percent), Davenport still has the highest career field-goal percentage in Badger history.
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